Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 14: State Judicial Academy has commenced the Induction Training Programme for newly appointed Munsiffs (Civil Judges Junior Division) in the High Court Complex here.
Chief Justice Gita Mittal, who is also Patron-in-Chief J&K State Judicial Academy and Justice Rajesh Bindal, Chairman of Governing Committee of Judicial Academy, interacted with newly appointed Munsiffs.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Justice said, “being a Judge is not merely a job but a service to the nation, more particularly to the common masses seeking redressal against the deprivation of their rights”.
“One of the good qualities of a Judge is the quickness with which he or she disposes of the cases with fairness and sense of justice. A Judge must have the best of sincerity, fairness, and that he must be dead honest not just to the case but also to himself”, Chief Justice further said and advised the officers to take care of ecological concerns of the nation and to be proactive in ensuring hygiene of the workplace and of surroundings.
Justice Rajesh Bindal told the newly appointed Munsiffs that they must have utmost sense of fairness and integrity and shall make efforts to live up to the Constitutional goal of justice to marginalised and deprived sections of the society.
Trainee officers were told that for the litigating public, the courts are last hope and a Judicial Officer should instil confidence in them that judiciary is in a better position to redress the grievance according to letter and spirit of law.
Justice Bindal advised the Trainee Officers to extend helping hand to the downtrodden so as to bring them in the mainstream and to remove inequalities from the society.
Rajeev Gupta, Director, J&K State Judicial Academy assured that Academy will make all endeavour to get best out of the trainee Judicial Officers by providing them with skills and knowledge on every sphere of judicial dispensation.